Handling other kids' reactions to cross-dressing child

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When we go out of the house and my son is wearing nail polish, or he’s wearing flamboyant, fabulous clothing or lots of jewelry and he’s presenting other than a boy, other children will ask him, “Why are you wearing that? That’s for girls.” And he says, “No, it’s not. My uncle painted my nails.” Or, “I wanted them blue. When I went to the beauty supply store with my mom, she bought me this nail polish.” Because that’s what he wanted, so he chose the nail polish. So when the other children ask him, he just lets the children know that this is who he is and that he’s comfortable and that he loves sparkly blue toe polish and that he loves sparkly blue fingernail polish. And usually, that’s enough for the other children – they stop asking and they continue to play.

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Connor Barnas is blessed and busy, living life with her husband Ethan and two children, Magdalena June, eight, and Augustus Wolfe, six in the midst of finding the sacred in the mundane and allowing space for serenity. After being given the gift of desperation, Connor began her life of recovery and discovery within the 12 Step paradigms in 1995. In 2002 she graduated from the University of New Mexico with a bachelor’s degree in Fine Art and married the love of her life, Ethan; moved to a beautiful, dusty, desert town; and began her journey as a wife and mother.  

In 2003, Connor co-founded an Attachment Parenting group, and became a leader shortly after.  Connor has been involved in the Attachment Parenting community as a leader and a resource, and was honored as a featured volunteer during Volunteer Recognition Week, April 2011 by Attachment Parenting International. 

After relocating and settling in Jacksonville, Florida, to be close to her family of origin, Connor founded HAP East, a local homeschooling group whose focus and mission is to create community and continuity of relationship for homeschooling/attachment parenting families. 

Connor joyfully shares her experience, strength and hope with families and friends in the recovery, homeschool, and AP communities; she combines the spiritual principles of the 12 steps with the practical and compassionate parenting strategies of API to inform her path and growth as a woman, mother, wife, and active member of her world. 

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